Sim
Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,933since 1880
Sim over time
Rank among boys' names. Sim has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1924 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #455 | 25 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #481 | 18 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #543 | 14 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #405 | 20 |
| 1889 | #498 | 14 |
| 1888 | #464 | 17 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #369 | 22 |
| 1885 | #380 | 22 |
| 1884 | #369 | 23 |
| 1883 | #346 | 23 |
| 1882 | #298 | 33 |
| 1881 | #375 | 20 |
| 1880 | #442 | 16 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sim was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sim is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Sim
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1907 (#1,004 → #559)
- Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1906 (#615 → #1,004)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #298 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1905
- Highest: 1 in 3,445 boys born in 1882 were named Sim (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,735 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Sim (312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 200 | #298 (1882) | #412 |
| 1890s | 140 | #405 (1890) | #548 |
| 1900s | 143 | #455 (1900) | #673 |
| 1910s | 269 | #896 (1911) | #1,084 |
| 1920s | 312 | #1,157 (1920) | #1,317 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,194 (1931) | #1,474 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,400 (1944) | #1,552 |
| 1950s | 168 | #1,592 (1953) | #1,959 |
| 1960s | 105 | #1,962 (1968) | #2,816 |
| 1970s | 63 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,107 |
| 1980s | 56 | #3,692 (1982) | #5,455 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,868 (1995) | #9,250 |
| 2000s | 26 | #10,667 (2002) | #11,179 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,231 (2010) | #12,231 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sim in 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 7,728 of them was named Sim, which outranked 63.9% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).